Car-draw-bar carry-iron.



1 B. P. PLORY.

GAR DRAW BAB. CARRY IRON. APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. e, 1910.

1,027, 1 94 Patented May 21, 1912.

. secured tofagdependeut member of the i "end by a removable opening,

BUirroN P. FLRY, a 'citizenJ-of the United-# States, residing at" Middletown`," in' the 'county of Orange and State ofZ- New-York-, have invented a new and useful ,Improvement in Gar-Draw-Bar biche. theV following is a Q drfw bar of a railroad -fear'or locomotive engine draft-gear'fin-wihichflthe carryfiron consists of a practically zontally across vthe vdraw-barv .opening bestraightbar arranged horineathr the end 'of the car underframe, and i lata-1 Y4 ghingeeand* at its ether. piuorbolt, y n 'In some'types ojdrat-gear now in use the draw-haras lsecured tothe pocket-strap or oke by-a-.horizontal transverse key, on

ter, atone end -wit drawing-which, the` draw-bancari Ibe removed endwise! without disturbing :the

other parts of .the gear; owin to the enlarged-'rear the raw-bar coming in contact with the carry-ironand top. wallof the draw-bar the d from the car without. disconnecting 1 the but in' so domg,

"fla" come this objectionl and enable the draw-bar to be readily and quickly ing part of the dead-blockin side elevation.

' moved fromlthe car without-disconnecting the carry-iron.

It consists in features of inafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing f orm'- this specification, whereon, Figure 1, is a side elevation of.my im` proved drawbarcarryiron as applied to ofi a car underrame, and the same showing the draw-bar (broken away at the coupler end) Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in all the g'ures.

a represents my improved draw-bar carryiron which consists of a practically straight bar of suitable shape in cross section, arranged. horizontally beneath, and adapted to support, the draw-bar b in the usual manner, the carry-iron a in the present case being vattached to the dead-block 'c of the car underframe preferably,as folf speoication o! Letters Yat'ent. i' Application me sptembers, 1910'. .sei-mno. 530,693.1' y y end portion of.

raw-bar cannot be removed novelty as here-` the carry-iron a,

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'are two opposite brackets 1,one on each s1de of the longitudinalcenterof the car, having their lowery ends `bifurcated and alined with eachother transversely of--the i car, theinner faces of the side walls 2 of thesaid'ends being formedwith suitable,v

andthe said .walls aving perforations'therethrough in= alinement with the vbearings 5 3. Projecting bearin s 3 open at the top,

from eachsideof the carry-iron aat one cus4 end thereof, is a trunnion4, the trunni'ons '4 beingi alined to each other and adapted for engagement, vhinge-wise with the'bearfr" i ings 3 of the corres ending bracketl, while transversely throng' the carry-irene at its]A roughwhich,

other end 1s a perforation. .4 t andthrough 'the -side walls 2 of they correspondingv bracket 1', isk a' horizontal position tothe deadblock c,

forming the openingl 6' case4r fis of the {Ordinar-yi construction and fixed by a'key Ito the yoke8`..

In the-normal' position of the draw-bar b -from the'y car,- -1t noted that in withdrawing-t1ulawiaf b, t e s ou ers-9 y after `removal -of the key of the enlarged rear.' end of the draw-harsh coming in contact with the dead-blockv c over lts opening the draw-bar without disconnecting the carry-iron a from the dead-block c or other member of the underframe to be attached. For obvi'ating this objection according to my invention, I- form either the carry-iron a at its end having the per- `roration 4 as shown onthe drawing, with preferably, a perforation 10 above, and spaced apart fromthelperforation 4, and, in the case of a carry-iron vertically adjustable for maintaining a constant level of which it may,

assed a pin org'ig' lbolt xwhereby, .the carryiron a is xedin 1 '80;' the parts asabove described, it being desiredto remove f 6 and with the inner side of f will prevent the removal of' the draw-bar as shown in the present case, with a perforation l0 therethrough below,

and spaced apart from the perforation 4', the perforations 10, 4', and 10', bein radial to the trunnions ou.` hinge 4 o the ca -iron a, whereby, on removing the pin or bolt 5 from the perforation 4' through the carry-iron a and from the correspond- 75 i. the underside of the. latter 'with the brackets 1` and carry-iront for* the. `drawbarb Awhich in the present-a" ing perforations through the side walls 2 of the bracket 1, the carry-iron a is released at that end and lowered until the perforation O registers. with the perforations through the side walls 2, when the pin 5 is inserted therethrough and thereby fixes the carryiron a in t e inclined position indicated by the heav dotted lines in Fig. l, or so that the shou ders 9 of' the draw-bar b arepfree to (pass thereover and the draw-bar b readily an quickly removed Without the necessity of 'having to disconnect the carry-iron a from the car.

. For easin the pressure on the pin 5 due to the weight of the draw-bar b on the carry-iron a, and thereb. enabling the pin 5 to be readily and quick yv withdrawn from and 11e-inserted through the perforations o the bracket l and carry-iron c in the different positions of the latter, I preferably, form the end of the carry-iron a adjacent to its perforation 4*, with a longitudinal outwardly projecting handle 11 by which the carry-iron a can be'lifted and lowered about its hinge 4 as desired.

It will be noted by an inspection df Fig. 1 that the top bearing 4face of the carryiron a is closer to horizontal plane occupied by the centers of the aperture 4 and 4 than the bearing face on the opposite or said carry-iron and thus when is in the position as shown 1, the draw bar b occupies a plane sligh y lower than the plane that it occupies when the carryfiron is reversed or turned up side down. vided with a, pair of oppositely disposed bearing faces whichl occupy different horie ported, 'will drop,

Thus the carry-iron is prowhich the draw bar is carried can be varied to suit different Working conditions.

By providing the apertures 10 and 10 on opposite sides of the central aperture 4 provision is made for su porting the carryiron when the saine is llbwered a suicient distance to permit the draw bar to be removed from the car, and in practice it is essential that the bar be supported during wholly removed from the position beneath the draw bar, the latter when left unsulpthereby bending the yo e or distorting parts of the draft rigging.

y my improved construction the carryiron can be lowered a short distance and held in its lowered position b the insertion ofthe pin 5 in correspondlngl apertures, and when so positioned, it is possible to Withdraw the draw bar '.for the purpose of repair or renewal, and after the new draw bar is properly positioned .and connected to the yoke 8, the carry-iron is lifted to its operative position and so held by the insertion of' the pin 5 through the central aperture 4. l What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The combination with a car under-frame dead block having brackets depending from its ends, of

iron being provided at its opposlte end with an elongated head havin a plurality of openings radially arranged with respect to the pivotal point of said carry iron.

BURTON FLORY.

' A. F. aMULLEN,

J. H. MEssINGER.

its removal for where the carry-lron is a carry iron pivotally connected at one end to one of the brackets, said carry4 

